From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 20 Nov 2001 17:57:09 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 20 Nov 2001 17:56:59 -0500 Received: from host154.207-175-42.redhat.com ([207.175.42.154]:11831 "EHLO lacrosse.corp.redhat.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 20 Nov 2001 17:56:47 -0500 Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 17:56:46 -0500 From: Benjamin LaHaise To: Rick Ellis Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: sk_buff alignments Message-ID: <20011120175645.B21992@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <200111202134.fAKLYtT23465@spinics.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <200111202134.fAKLYtT23465@spinics.net>; from ellis@ftel.net on Tue, Nov 20, 2001 at 01:34:55PM -0800 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Nov 20, 2001 at 01:34:55PM -0800, Rick Ellis wrote: > The Dp83820 gigabit ethernet chip requires its buffers to be > on 64 bit boundaries. Does this mean I have to copy the > packet? ns83820.c copies packets to meet the alignment issues that the networking stack has on non-x86 platforms. Tx packets do not need to be copied. -ben -- Fish.